Posters with helpline numbers released in Vellore
The Hindu
‘Protect rights of marginalised sections’
Posters with helpline numbers for elders and women were released by Ramdas Athawale, Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, at a function held in Vellore on Wednesday.
Accompanied by Vellore Collector P. Kumaravel Pandian and Superintendent of Police S. Selvakumar, Mr. Athawale, who is also the president of the Republican Party of India (RPI), said that the helpline numbers for elders (14567) and women (181), which were maintained by the Tamil Nadu Department of Social Welfare and Women Rights, would be a lifeline for these sections to get government help during emergencies.
He also urged the State government to take more steps to protect the rights of the marginalised sections.
With the clock ticking down to the Lok Sabha election counting day on Tuesday, opposing fronts are perceptibly edgy and poised to continue the rancorous skirmishing that marked the campaign season in Kerala. The United Democratic Front, led by the Congress, is seemingly basking in the “interim victory” granted by various exit polls. The UDF discerns that its poll strategy of turning the polls foremostly into a damning referendum on the Left Democratic Front government’s perceived failures rather than BJP’s “divisive politics” at the national level stood a fighting chance of paying off.